Shot-spreader.



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DANIEL Siri QT S BROYV, OF CRANSTON, RHODE lSLlD.

reassess SPECIFBC'ATIOII forming part ci Letters Patent fiile. 699,487,dated e, ieee.

Application filed February 15. 190Z.` Serial No, 94,275, ro niodeld To@ZZ-whom t 71mg/ concern:

Be it known that l, DANIEL BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residingat Cranston, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful improvements inShot-Spreaders, of which the following ence being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

Like letters indicate like parte.

Figure l is a central'longitudinal section of a cartridge havingmyimproved shot-spreader therein. Fig. 2 is a View, partly in elevationand partly' in section, as seen on line .fu .fr of Fig. Fig. 3 is acentral longitudinal section of a cartridge with my improvedshotspreader' therein as seen before the shot and outer wad areinserted. Fig. e is a side e1evation of my invention. Fig. 5 is an endelevation thereof.

My invention is a device to be used in a cartridge for the spreading ofshot iniiring; and it consists of the novel construction and combinationof the several parts, as hereinafter particularly described, andspecifically set forth in the claims,

lx1-the drawings, A is the metallic' shell of a cartridge, having oneend open and 'the opposite end closed, except at the center, where it isinade with a circular flanged aperture in which the cap or primer B isseated. s

C is the paper or pasteboardshell, circum- Y"erentially shouldered, asshown at u, and having one end open and the opposite end thickened andprovided with a concave surface, the last-named end being centrallyperhv ferated for the reception ef the 'cap orpi-luier 13. The metallicshell A tits upon the closed end oi' the paper or pastebeard shell C,andthe open end of the former abuis' the shoulder (L ol the latter.

, l) is the charge of powder in the cartridge, and the saine is held inplace by the wad E, made of felt or other suitable material.

The shot-spreader i, which constitutes my invention, consists of e.-plate of suitable material, preferably pasteboard, out in the shape of arhomboid and mounted within a spring G, made of tempered wire of properdiameter or gage, coiled spirally with the four-sided bends illustratedin Figs. :t and 5. This shot-spreader and its spring are inserted in isa specification, .refer' the cartridge, as shown in Fig. it is seen insaid iigure that only the extreme inner corner c of the spreader F(which has the shape of au acute angle) is in contact with the Wad I?.The shot H iiils the spa-ee around `the shot-spreader F G in front oithe wai ,El A Wad I, preferably of pastehoard, inserted in the shell C,is heldin or crimped end of the shell C, as illustrated in Fig. i.5i/'hen the charee is iired, thewad I is blown out and the turned orcrimped end of the shell is opened ont straight and. th Wad E, shot li,and the shot-spreader .F Gare discharged. spring G lie in the shellinnersurface ci' saidshell, and therefore when the charge is blown outfrom the shell (as these points of contact are spirally arranged) arotary motion is given to the spreader?, and the spreader l" in therotation imparted lo it by the movement of the wire G strikes charged.frein the Shell U.

'.lheacute-angularcorners evi/of the spreader 11 are the only portionso1 it which are in contact with the wads, and these corners are diagonally opposite. tary movement lof the spreader' F. It' the spreaderi" at its endswere out squarely oil' instead yol ohliqueiy, as shown,said ende would be in contact ..hroughont their itire extent with thewade or i, respectively, which would impede .by their friction .suchrotary movement. Se, too, the forward nieves. nient of `the shot li inthe discharge causes seine of then; to strike against the coils ci' thewire G, and as the pressure thus exerted is atan angle to said wire thisconduce-s 'ie the desired rotary movement of the spreader. The WireGalsc has the function of giving; weight to the spreader F, and th is isa hala-need weight, as the wire is regularly disposed upon the spreadertrein end to end, and as the wire .is resilient it has au elastic heidupon the edge of the spreader at certain uniformly-dis` tant points oi'contact therewith, and being of a comparatively small diameter er gageit does not bender warp the 'spreader out of shape, hut aller/'e it toretain its surfaces in true planes. The rhernhoid shape of the spreadergives somewhat greater marginai position by' the turned' The shortcurved bends hof the` C in Contact with thev This facilitates theroagainst the shot ll and causes them to scatter in angular directionssoon as they are dief dist-mee from. eeen outer coil of the Wire to theadjacent end of the spreader be possi'oie it t'ne ends were squ areinstead of oblique, and this tends to pi'event the slipping of the wirefrom ott the spreader in aotion. f

I eiaim as e novel and useful invention and desire to secure by LettersPatentl. The improved shot-spreader herein deeoribed, consisting ot' arhomboid shaped piece of pesteboei'd and'a'spirally-bent wiife infciotionel Contact with the two long sides tiieeof, substantially asshown. f

2. rLhe combination of the shot-spreader F,

J mafie in the shape of e rhomboid2 and a wire G spireiiy bent withsnoit curves I) and intermediate straight portions, said wire being inf'iotional engagement 'with the two long edges of thespveedei F,substantially asfdescribed.

than would` 3. In combination with a loaded omti'dgezo shell hnving aWed to confine the powder and e wad to confine the shot, a shot-spreadersurrounded by said shot and having a rhomboid shape, one acute corner ofwhich is in Contact with the first-named wad and the other acute cornerof which is in Contact with the second-named wad, and a spirally-bentwire in fi'ictional engagement with the two long edges of 'said spreaderand in contact with the intei'ior surface of seid shell, substantiallyas specified. o

1n testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' DANIEL BROWN.

Witnesses:

WARREN R. PERCE,

HOWARD A. LAMPREY.

